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Posted: 10/26/06

£ State Standard R Institutionally Developed College: Valdosta Technical College

DAT 170 – AC/DC

Course Description

This course explores AC/DC concepts, terminology, and basic applications. Topics include: lab procedures, lab safety, electrical principles, electrical laws, batteries, test equipment, types of circuits, AC wave generation, inductance, capacitance, transformer theory, and transformer applications.

Competency Areas	Hours
Laboratory Procedures and Safety Practices	Class	4
Electrical Principles and Laws	D. Lab	4
DC Test Equipment	P. Lab/O.B.I.	0
Series, Parallel, and Combinational Circuits	Credit	6
AC Wave Generation
AC Test Equipment
Inductance
Capacitance
Transformer Theory and Applications

Prerequisite:	Provisional Admission
Corequisite:	Provisional Admission

Course Guide

Competency	After completing this section, the student will be able to:	Hours
		Class	D.Lab	P.Lab/ O.B.I.

LABORATORY PROCEDURES AND SAFETY PRACTICES			2	2	0
Personal and equipment safety	List personal and equipment safety rules for working with DC circuits.
	Follow procedures for personal safety.
	Demonstrate safe use of test equipment.
Workplace Hazards
	Identify the major types of hazards associated with the electronics workplace.
	Identify the major hazards associated with the use of the institute’s lab stations and basic test equipment.
	State where the main disconnect switch for the institute’s laboratory is located and how that switch is activated.
ELECTRICAL PRINCIPLES AND LAWS			5	5	0
Voltage, current, conductance, resistance and power	Define voltage, current, power, resistance, and conductance.
	Demonstrate the ability to read and interpret color codes to identify resistors
	Calculate resistance, conductance, voltage, current and power.
	Define and draw simple resistive circuits.
Definitions
	Define basic terms used to describe electronics quantities, components, devices, circuits and systems.
Symbols
	Identify the symbols associated with basic electronic components and devices.
DC TEST EQUIPMENT			5	5	0
Voltmeter, Ohmmeter, Ammeter, Analog multimeter, and Digital multimeter		Explain the operating principles of a voltmeter, ohmmeter, ammeter, analog multimeter, and digital multimeter
Measuring		Measure voltage, current, and resistance of a circuit.
Open and shorts		Explain the circuit conditions that cause “shorts.”
		Determine the location of a “short” in a DC circuit.
		Explain the circuit conditions that cause “opens.”
		Determine the location of an “open” in a DC circuit.
SERIES, PARALLEL, AND COMBINATIONAL CIRCUITS			8	8	0
Operating levels		Compute and measure the current, voltage, and resistance of DC series, parallel, and combinational circuits.
AC WAVE GENERATION			3	3	0
Sine wave		Describe sign wave generated by alternating current
Alternating current		Define alternating current.
		Calculate RMS, AVG, PEAK, and peak to peak voltages.
Voltage and current values		Measure AC voltage and current values.
Alternating voltage generation		Describe the voltage generation of a basic AC generator.
AC TEST EQUIPMENT			2	2	0
Oscilloscope Use		Explain the control functions of an oscilloscope
INDUCTANCE			5	5	0
Inductors		Define inductance and identify inductor symbols.
		Define how an inductor operates.
		Demonstrate the effect of connecting inductors in series and parallel.
		Draw a vector diagram showing the inductor’s phase relationship of voltage and current.
		Determine the inductance value of an inductor.
		Define and determine the reactance of an inductor when given the inductance and the frequency.
CAPACITANCE			5	5	0
Capacitors		Define capacitance and identify capacitor symbols.